Calligraphy


ཞང་བོད་ཀྱི་ཡི་གེའི་བྱུང་རིམ་དང་ཡིག་བྱང་འབྲི་ཐབས།

The origins of Zhag-Zhung and Tibetan calligraphy

According to Bon history, the original Tibetan alphabet was fashioned upon the ancient Zhang-Zhung script before the reign of the second Tibetan king.  During the 7th century, Zhang Zhung script and Bon became almost extinct. But many practitioners hid Zhang Zhung texts at that time that were later revealed by Tertons.  In Northern Tibet, one of the lamas who kept alive the original form of Zhang Zhung script is Bongya Rinpoche.  Chaphur Rinpoche has learned the art of Zhang Zhung script from Bongya Rinpoche for three years.  Rinppoche will explain and show you the art of Zhang Zhung and Tibetan calligraphy.

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